# Dahi Village, Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dahi

Dahi is a village in Nayagram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,004 people in 224 households**, the 28th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 1,004people (2011)
- 224households
- 70.9%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dahi

Of every 100 households in Dahi in 2011, 57 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dahi · ■ Nayagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****34%**

**18%

Television ****19%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****18%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dahi?

■ Dahi · ■ Nayagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****695**

**963

Working population ****36.7%**

**49.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 60.6% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (21%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 25 (7%) · **■** Marginal 167 (45%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Nayagram

- Bhalia Ghati1,051 people
- Chandal Bandh1,048 people
- Pukhuria1,048 people
- Chhota Jharia1,047 people
- Malam991 people
- Dumuria990 people
- Chandabila967 people
- Mara Pada962 people

[All 336 villages in Nayagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/nayagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dahi?1,004 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Nayagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dahi?70.9% (Census 2011)